Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Selections for Thurles – Feb. 5th 2026
1.07: DR EGGMAN – EW – (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.42: KILBRIN ROCCO – EW – (GARY NOONAN/EOIN MCCARTHY) 2.17: LAURETS DESTRUVAL (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.52: PUMAS DREAM – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.27: GIN TONIC (CONOR STONE-WALSH/PAUL NOLAN) 4.02: REBEL COWGIRL – EW – (CIAN QUIRKE/MARK CAHILL) 4.37: GREENFIELDS OF CORK (TOMMY HALFORD (2*)…
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Selections for Punchestown – Feb. 4th 2026
12.28: FAKIR DOUDAIRIES – EW – (CHARLIE O’DWYER (5)/ENDA BOLGER) 1.03: GAOTH CHUIL (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/TED WALSH) 1.38: FORCEONMYOWN – EW – (JORDAN GAINFORD/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.13: HARPY EAGLE – EW – (PADDY CODY (7)/RAY CODY) 2.48: NEEDS MUST (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.23: THAT DANNY FEELING (JOHN SHINNICK (3)/TERENCE O’BRIEN) 3.58: CATCHABIRD – EW – (AIDAN KELLY…
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PG 13 shelved with 25 match ban
At the outset here, it will be admitted that, if one wanted to be 100% factual, PG 8 would have been more appropriate given that thus is Paul George’s squad number with his current employers, the Philadelphia 76ers. However, the experienced forward is as much associated with some would term the unluckiest number of them…
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Change.Org Petition
https://c.org/984yfhhBk6 A most unusual post for me here but one which strikes too much of a chord with me as I’m sure it will with anybody who has a heart. Nobody should have to go through what the family and loved ones of young Grace Lynch have done, are and will do forever more. I…
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Selections for Fairyhouse – Feb. 3rd 2026
1.15: THE DOTSKI – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 1.50: SPRINGHILL WARRIOR (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.25: OLD SCHOOL OUTLAW (MARK WALSH/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.55: WALKING SAINT – EW – (SEAN O’KEEFFE/PAUL NOLAN) 3.30: FOLLY MASTER (KEITH DONOGHUE/TOM DREAPER) 4.05: DAIRY FORCE (JOSH WILLIAMSON (2*)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.40: GREEN HINT (PADDY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS)
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Super Smyth sparkles as Meath brilliantly steady the ship
MEATH…2-14 DUBLIN…1-04 Do not adjust your screens. The score before you is indeed correct. Some turnaround from 0-10 to 2-16 on the August Bank Holiday weekend. Alright, alright, romantic dreaming aside, the manner in which the Royal ladies rebounded after last week’s disappointment against Galway was impressive in itself. That, combined with the fact that…
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Turning of the page of history missed in deflating defeat
MUNSTER… 22 GLASGOW WARRIORS… 31 My brother moving to Limerick for work 33 years ago was the point at which this corner became equipped with a proper understanding of and gra for rugby. One has no problem admitting that, prior to that, my impression of the egg chasing was that part of it was what…
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Selections for Leopardstown – Feb. 2nd 2026
1.15: LOVE ME TENDER (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.50: NARCISO HAS (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.25: STAFFORDSHIRE KNOT – EW – (CARL MILLAR (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.55: ROMEO COOLIO (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.30: AFFORDALE FURY – EW – (DONAGH MEYLER/NOEL MEADE) 4.05: JASKO DES DAMES – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.40: IT’S ONLY A GAME (JOHN…
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It only takes a minute lads!
MEATH…2-17 CAVAN…1-18 My obsession with and love for farming and machinery, particularly classic or vintage or classic iterations thereof, is something which I hope is still in me even when the pulse is gone. That said, February 1st in a darkening Breffni Park might seem a curious time to be musing on such things, but…
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Selections for Leopardstown – Feb. 1st 2026
12.40: MAY CALL YOU BACK – EW – (BRIAN HAYES/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.10: FINAL DEMAND (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.40: BALLYFAD (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.10: MARINE NATIONALE (SEAN FLANAGAN/BARRY CONNELL) 2.45: PRENDS GARDE ET TOI – EW – (DANNY GILLIGAN/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.20: ANZDAM – EW – (HARRY COBDEN/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.52: HELLO NEIGHBOUR – EW – (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN…
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